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  Name iMovie
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  Caption iMovie '08
  Developer Apple Inc
  Latest Release Version 701 <!-- If you update this, don't forget to update Comparison Of Video Editing Software -->
  Latest Release Date August 22 , 2007
  Operating System Mac OS X
  Genre Video Editing Software
  License Proprietary
  Website wwwapplecom/ilife/imovie/


iMovie is a Video Editing Software application which allows users to edit their own home movies. It was originally released by Apple Inc. in 1999 as a Mac OS 8 application bundled with the first FireWire-enabled Macintosh model1. Since version 3, iMovie has been a Mac OS X only application bundled in the ILife suite of Macintosh applications.2

iMovie imports video footage to the Mac using the FireWire interface on most MiniDV format digital video cameras. From there, the user can edit the video clips, add titles, and add music. Effects include basic color correction and video enhancement tools, and transitions such as fade-in, fade-out, and slides.


FEATURES OF IMOVIE HD

iMovie 5 boasts integration with the rest of the ILife suite, with toolbox buttons allowing the importing of images from IPhoto , music from ITunes and the setting of chapter markers ready for exporting to IDVD . Other features include:
  • Full-screen previewing.

  • One video track, two audio tracks.

  • Sample sound effects included, some from Skywalker Sound .

  • Voice-over narration can be recorded from a Microphone and added to an audio track.

  • Titles with effects such as 3D spin, converge, bounce across and ending Credits motion.

  • Transitions, such as cross dissolve, disintegrate, twirl, scale down and warp out.

  • Video effects, including fast motion, Slow Motion , reverse fast/slow motion, brightness and contrast, Electricity and fairy dust effects.

  • Creation of still frames from video.

  • Splitting and trimming clips.

  • Showing and editing audio waveforms.

  • Extracting audio from clips.

  • Exporting a movie or scene as a QuickTime movie, or sharing it via E-mail , Bluetooth or .Mac homepage, or sending it back to a Digital Camera .


Another new feature is 'Magic iMovie', which attempts to automate the whole process of video editing, by allowing a common transition to be added between scenes, a music track to be synchronised with the video and a DVD to be created with the accompanying iDVD software.


FEATURES OF IMOVIE HD 6

iMovie 6 was released in January 2006 as part of the ILife '06 suite. It is integrated with IPhoto , ITunes , IDVD , Garageband and IWeb .
New features include:
  • Themes. Designed for ease of use, themes allow the user to drop movie clips or photos into professionally-designed backdrops. Each theme includes full-motion graphic bumpers and transitions.

  • Real-time effects. iMovie takes advantage of the computer's graphic processing unit to perform some effects without rendering.

  • Real-time titling

  • Enhanced audio tools and effects

  • Multiple open projects

  • Video podcasts and blogs (using integration with iWeb)

  • Refined look based on iTunes 5 and 6.



FEATURES OF IMOVIE '08

iMovie '08 (7.0) was released in August 2007 as a part of the iLife '08 suite. iMovie '08 was a complete redesign and rewrite of iMovie.
New features include
  • A completely redesigned interface with an iPhoto style library.

  • A new dock icon was introduced.

  • A new feature called ''skimming'' for quickly previewing video in the library at a user controlled speed.

  • A feature that allows one to highlight parts of video clips just like highlighting text.

  • More exportation formats with support for iPhone size video and many other sizes.

  • Support for non-tape based HD or non-HD video cameras such as DVD camcorders and HDD camcorders.

  • Many features were dropped, including video effects and plug-in support, the timeline, several transitions and advanced audio editing and control.

    • In response to the reduced feature set, Apple released iMovie HD 6 as a free download to those who had purchased iMovie '08.3

However, the current (7.0.1) version of iMovie is unable to import some video formats. For example, the H.264 quicktime 640 x 480 file from Kodak V705 does not work.


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